- Kube-proxy in iptables mode now has separate `sync_full_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`
  and `sync_partial_proxy_rules_duration_seconds` (in addition to the existing
  `sync_proxy_rules_duration_seconds`), to give better information about how long
  each sync type is taking, rather than only giving a weighted average of the two

- Fixed bug in CPUManager with race on container map access ([#97427](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97427), [@klueska](https://github.com/klueska)) [SIG Node]

- `reflector_watches_total`

### Deprecated metrics

- `rest_client_request_latency_seconds` -> `rest_client_request_duration_seconds`
- `apiserver_proxy_tunnel_sync_latency_secs` -> `apiserver_proxy_tunnel_sync_duration_seconds`
- `scheduler_scheduling_latency_seconds` -> `scheduler_scheduling_duration_seconds`
- `kubelet_pod_worker_latency_microseconds` -> `kubelet_pod_worker_duration_seconds`

- GCE Internal LoadBalancer sync loop will now release the ILB IP address upon sync failure. An error in ILB forwarding rule creation will no longer leak IP addresses. ([#97740](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97740), [@prameshj](https://github.com/prameshj)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]...

- In "large" clusters, kube-proxy in iptables mode will now sometimes
  leave unused rules in iptables for a while (up to `--iptables-sync-period`)
  before deleting them. This improves performance by not requiring it to
  check for stale rules on every sync. (In smaller clusters, it will still
  remove unused rules immediately once they are no longer used.)

## Changelog since v1.9.4

### Other notable changes

* gce: fixes race condition in ServiceController, where nodes weren't updated in the node sync loop, by updating TargetPools in the ensureExternalLoadBalancer call. ([#58368](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/58368), [@MrHohn](https://github.com/MrHohn))

- [`KT-61172`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-61172) MPP: Stacktraces of diagnostics are always printed during IDEA sync
- [`KT-48554`](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-48554) [Multiplatform Import] Ensure consistency between `GradleImportProperties` and `PropertiesProvider`

- GCE Internal LoadBalancer sync loop will now release the ILB IP address upon sync failure. An error in ILB forwarding rule creation will no longer leak IP addresses. ([#97740](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/97740), [@prameshj](https://github.com/prameshj)) [SIG Cloud Provider and Network]...

* Reduce verbosity of volume reconciler when attaching volumes ([#36900](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/36900), [@codablock](https://github.com/codablock))
* We change the default attach_detach_controller sync period to 1 minute to reduce the query frequency through cloud provider to check whether volumes are attached or not. ([#41363](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/41363), [@jingxu97](https://github.com/jingxu97))

   * Fix version on startup and `--version` flag

   * Support specifying port number for nameserver in stubDomains

#### kube-proxy
* Features:

  * ratelimit runs of iptables by sync-period flags ([#46266](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46266), [@thockin](https://github.com/thockin))